Word: staying
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pause in the restless activity of Mr. Morrow's mind, which, accustomed to strenuous exercise, cried out for diversion at least. When his physician refused him permission to work, Mr. Morrow said: "All right, then, I will enjoy myself as I always do when I have to stay...
...Staunton, Va., six cops made a bet with six reverend preachers. Police against preachers would play volleyball. If the police won, the preachermen would go to jail for an hour. If the preachers won, the cops would go to church the next Sunday and stay for the sermon. ... On Wednesday the games were played. Next Sunday in the front pew of the Episcopal church sat the police force. "God" cried Volleyman-Preacherman J. Lewis Gibbs in the pulpit "is on the side that hits the hardest volleyball...
...program for the two-day stay includes on Monday morning the stated meeting of the Board of Overseers. Luncheon will be held at Vanderbilt Hall, the new dormitory of the Medical School, after which some new discoveries in medicine will be discussed by several members of the Medical School Faculty. The overseers will dine with President Lowell on Monday evening...
...body was taken to Washington, there to be buried beside that of another explorer in cold places, Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary. A Negro was sent out to dig the grave in Arlington National Cemetery; he related that while he was making this dusty place for a flyer to stay in, a tall man had come quietly to his side and watched him at his work. The Negro asked his name but the man, as mysterious as a spirit, said merely "I was his friend." The stranger borrowed the Negro's spade and stood with his feet planted...
Marion Davies, who has taken off weight, plays the part of Patsy. She is abused by her sister and her mother (Marie Dressier with a face that could stop a thousand asparagus tips). She moons for a rising young realtor, but is made to stay at home and wash the dishes while her sister goes out with him. Later, the realtor tells Patsy that she must cultivate Personality; so she gets a set of books which enable her to amaze her family with such casual remarks...